SwimFinsSF

Who are you?

Can anyone tell me why they don’t ask for SOME form of ID to prove you are who you say you are when you vote? I walked in to vote today and told them my name, they had me sign next to my name, and then handed me a ballot.. no ID no nothing.. that seems bad..

i’m just sayin..

Social Networking

So I gotta admit that I’m one of the many that has been sucked in to the whole ‘computer aided social networking’ thing… Ya know.. Things like Friendster. I don’t know what it is about it that fascinates me but I find myself poking around all the time.. Seeing who knows who, who I know that has appeared on there, who I would like to know, who has bookmarked me. Its totally addictive. And the cool thing is that its something ALL my friends can do (where some of the other online ’social’ things are.. er.. um.. inappropriate for a wider audience)

And it seems I’m not the only one. These sites are popping up like weeds. So far I’ve found three that are all pretty much functionally the same (though their creators would probably disagree) - or at least they serve the same purpose

• Friendster
• Tribe.net
• Connexion.org

Friendster was my first. Tribe seems to be the most interesting. And connexion seems to be complete knock off of friendster (but with a more well done interface, servers that can handle the load, etc.). Now if i could just transfer all of my connections from friendster directly over to the rest - cuz I can’t, in good conscience, pester all of my friends again to join the other two. So I guess friendster it is..

Anyway - just a diversion for a tuesday morning

(BTW - if you live in San Francisco go VOTE today)